[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Five projects in Alaska have been selected under the Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas (ERA) Program, announced today by Secretary Jennifer Granholm from the 2024 Clean Energy Tribal Summit in Temecula, California. The ERA program aims to improve the resilience, reliability, and affordability of energy systems in communities across the […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), co-chair of the Senate Arctic Caucus, appeared in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to urge the committee to move on Dr. Mike Sfraga’s nomination for Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic region. Senator Murkowski was the lead proponent on the creation of the position, which the […]
A ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, a company that processes 15 billion health care transactions annually and deals with 1 in 3 patient records in the United States, is continuing to cause massive disruptions nearly three weeks later. The hack shut down the system for processing claims, billing and verifying patients’ eligibility for receiving care. […]
“We will see fatalities, because of what Florida Republicans chose to do this week,” said one workers’ rights advocate. Displaying “punitive cruelty” toward Florida residents who work outdoors, the Republican-controlled state House on Friday approved a bill that would ban local governments from requiring that workplaces provide water breaks and other cooling measures. The state […]
